The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-28
MRS. BLACKS DIRE PROPHECY.
If the Anarchists are Hanged Their
Wives and Children Will Die Too.


Wives and Children Will Die Too.
From the Nelo York World.
''If those men are hanged their wives vii
kill their children and then commit suicide,
said Mrs Capt. Black to a reporter of thu
World yesterday nina Van Zandt ha'
| frequently assured me that if her husband
August Spies, goes to the scaffod, she will
die by her own hand the same hour. The
other women tell me the same thing"
! And as Mrs. Black said this she looked as
though she firmly believed that these women
would carry out their terrible threats should
their husbands pay the penalty OF thelI
/ Black continued, will not result disas-
| trously, as some people pretend to think,
but if they are hanged. Grinnell, Bonfield
and Judge Gary are not safe-as Citizen
Train says, 'Iherefl be sheol to pay.
! Workingmen regard the condemned men as
hostages, and if they don't get them back
there will be serious trouble
1T was interesting to see how Nina fell
in love with Spies. When the case came to
trial Judge Gary, as "a sort of protection to
himself, invited a number of women to sit
beside him on the bench. Among them
was a colorless, dimpled, statuesque beauty,
whose deep-set, dark blue eyes never left
the row of chairs upon which the prisoners
the trial progressed she left Judge Gary's
party and took a seat ON the benches pro-
vided for spectators, and each day took up a
position nearer TO the prisoners dock.
After few days she joined our partJ -
the lawyers and reporters. AT that time
she was heiress to 100000 and among
her admirers were Cyrus Mccormick, OF
reaper fame. One day Nina brought her
mother to court, and between them they
Of ytbi 10
roses Nina sat pale and trembling as the
prisoners, closely guarded, filed into court.
She nudged her mother and that lady arose,
walked over to Spies and handed him the
bouquet. August blushed wildly and his
eyes were riyited upon Nina, who gazed
steadfastly at him and grew CHASTITY pale.
That one glance revealed to them their great
love for each other, and you may be sure
it was not lost upon the spectators, for every
eye was upon them. At length Nina low
cred her eyes, and her pale, naughty face
turned carmine. She tried to leave her
chair and walk out of court, but could not,
and State Attorney Grinnell, seeing that she
was fascinated, sent some one to warn her
that the Anarchists were simply trying to
work up sympathy for themselves through
her infatuation for the handsomest of the
LOTT
"Well, Mrs. Oscar Neebe as you know,
died of broken heart two hours after a
visit to her husband in Jail. Mrs. Lucy
Parsons is not negress, as reported. Her
mother was a Mexican and her father a
Creek Indian. She is very graceful in her
movements, has the hand and complexion
of quadroon and is courageous, eloquent
and devoted wife and atfectionate mother.
Her boy is years of age and her little girl
8. Mrs. Engel is a quiet and unobtrusive
little woman, found of home and simplicity.
She is 55 years of age and has six grown
children, the youngest, Mary, being II years
old Mary accompanied her father to all
| the meetings.
Mrs. Fischer is 10 years of age and has
been married four years. She is lovely
brunette, with melting black eyes. HeI
third child was born after Fischer's incar
ceration, and she had hard time of it
| They gave her up, and some one rushed &c
the jail to ask that Fischer might be per
mitted to bid her last adieu. This was
not granted, although the poor husband
begged with tears streaming down his face
that he might be allowed to see her
Michael Schwab's wife is sister of Rudolph
! Schnaubelt. who men say threw the Hay
market bomb. Capt. Black knows wher'
Schnaubelt is Mrs Schwab used to carry
| a red flag in the labor professions.
Mrs. Fielden isn't a bit pretty, but has
very pathetic appearance. When the yer
| dict was rendered she lost her mind, but re
covered it with the birth of her younges
baby. Lingg, you know, is a single man
but there is beautiful and wealthy girl il
love with him. Her parents have had t,
lock her up to keep her away fr9m the Jail
and so far am glad to say the. Chicago re
| porters have not discovered her identity
During the trial noticed that Gary, Bon
field, Grinnell and Capt Setback were ap
parently afraid of being killed in oper
court, and every stranger was closely
watched A friend of Counsel Foster came
from Iowa to hear the trial, and Will
Grinnell was making his closing speech In
spector Bonfield and Capt. Setback covered
the poor Iowa man with their revolvers, I'm
der the impression that he would attacl
| Grinnell Bonfield is the most frightened
man of the lot. wonder why he FOLLOWED
us here
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-To-night the Worlt
correspondent visited Mrs. Parsons, Mrs
Fischer, Mrs. Engel and Mrs. Fielden, wive
of the condemned Anarchists, and asket
them if it were true that they intended t.
kill their children and then commit suicid
after the execution of Their husbands. Wit
the exception of Mrs. Fielden the women al
secuted the idea of such a thing. Mrs
Fielder said: Until this moment had no
thought of anything so terrible, but if m,
husband is hanged my little children viii
starve. Perhaps it is best that we all die.